Maitland City Council v Anambah Homes Pty Limited [2005] NSWCA 455

Reported Decision : 64 NSWLR 695 147 LGERA 234

New South Wales Court of Appeal

Maitland City Council v Anambah Homes Pty Limited [2005] NSWCA 455 CITATION: This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.

11 October 2005 HEARING DATE(S): 12 October 2005

JUDGMENT DATE: 16 December 2005

JUDGMENT OF: Spigelman CJ; Ipp JA; Tobias JA

DECISION: Appeal dismissed with costs

CATCHWORDS: ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING - Development consent - Subject to condition requiring dedication of land free of cost - Whether condition protected from challenge to validity - Whether condition severable - Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 s 94, s 101 - ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - Privative provisions - 'Manifest' jurisdictional error - Threefold Hickman principle - Third limb - Whether decision reasonably capable of reference to power - Whether excess of jurisdiction appeared on face of consent - Whether s 94(11) constituted inviolable restraint

Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Environmental Planning and Assessment (Amendment) Act 1985 Environmental Planning and Assessment (Contributions Plans) Amendment Act 1991 LEGISLATION CITED: Environmental Planning and Assessment (Contributions Plans) Amendment Act 1992 Interpretation Act 1987 Local Government Act 1993 Migration Act 1958 (Cth) Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995

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